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Electrochemical studies of 1,2,3-Benzotriazole inhibitor for acrylic-based coating in different acidic media systems
In this work, the corrosion inhibition performance of 1,2,3 – Benzotriazole (BTA) as an organic inhibitor for cold rolled mild steel in an acidic medium was investigated. For this, different loading ratios of ...
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Silicate Dip-Coat Mechanism as an Inhibitor Against Copper Dissolution into Alkaline Chloride Media
The influence of the concentration of silicate and the immersion time on the corrosion and the spontaneous dissolution of copper in 3% NaCl solutions were studied. The investigations involved optimization meth...
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Corrosion Protection of Cu Electrical Cable by W-Ni Composite Coatings Doped with TiO2 Nanoparticles: Influence of Pulse Currents
W-Ni-TiO2 nano-composite layers were electrodeposited on copper surface by both direct (DC) and pulse (PC) currents. The copper substrates are samples from the main electrical cable used for the Renault K-Z (the ...
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Effect of the Co-deposition of Pd and Pt on \(\hbox {TiO}_{2}\) Photoactivity
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Photoelectrochemical impedance spectroscopy of electrodeposited hematite α-Fe2O3 thin films: effect of cycle numbers
In this work, hematite (α-Fe2O3) onto (FTO)-coated glass substrates have been prepared by electrodeposition technique using cyclic voltammetry process. Various samples of α-Fe2O3 with cycle numbers varied between...
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Low-Temperature Short-Time SPS Processes to Produce Fine-Grained High-Coercivity Barium Hexaferrite Ceramics from Polyol Nanoparticles
Barium hexaferrite (BaFe12O19) ceramics were obtained by combination of polyol-synthesized precursors subsequently consolidated by spark plasma sintering (SPS) at a low temperature (800 ∘C). X-ray powder diffract...
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Molybdenum-Loaded Anatase TiO2 Nanoparticles With Enhanced Optoelectronics Properties
The structural, optical and electrical properties of molybdenum nanoparticles (Mo-NPs)-loaded anatase TiO2 were investigated using x-ray diffraction, UV–Vis diffuse reflectance, and Fourier transform infrared and...
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Co-precipitation synthesis of V-doped titania: influence of vanadium concentration on the structural and optical properties
V-doped TiO2 nanoparticles with different proportions were prepared by co-precipitation method. XRD patterns indicate that the TiO2 nanoparticles obtained after calcination at 500 °C in air has the anatase phase ...
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Mandibular hypomobility secondary to bilateral coronoid hyperplasia
Coronoid process hyperplasia is one of a large number of disorders affecting the stomatognathic system and causing mandibular hypomobility. It is characterized by an excessive coronoid process growing to such ...
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Controlled synthesis and electrical conduction properties of anatase TiO2 nanoparticles via the polyol method
This paper reports the preparation and characterization of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2-NPs) with pure anatase phases using polyol synthesis process. The preparation state and the particle size are contro...
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Impact of baseline atrial fibrillation cycle length on acute and long-term outcome of persistent atrial fibrillation ablation
A short baseline atrial fibrillation (AF) cycle length (CL) has been associated with a worse outcome after catheter ablation for AF, whereas the impact of a long baseline AFCL is unknown. We investigated the i...
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Co-precipitation synthesis and AC conductivity of Sn0.94Zn0.04O2 nanoparticles, using impedance spectroscopy
The co-precipitation method is used for the preparation of Sn0.94Zn0.04O2 nanoparticles. The formation of typical rutile-type was confirmed by X-ray diffraction studies, and it was found to be a tetragonal phase ...
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Formation and Study of the Nanostructured CuAl0.5Ga0.5Te2 Synthesized by Mechanical Alloying Processing
Nanostructured chalcopyrite CuAl0.5Ga0.5Te2 has been prepared by milling a mixture of reactants, copper, aluminum, gallium, and tellurium. The crystal structure, morphology, and composition of the prepared sample...
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Structural, optical and electrical properties of Zn-doped SnO2 nanoparticles synthesized by the co-precipitation technique
Nanometric size Zn-doped SnO2 particles with Zn concentration varying from 1 to 6 % were prepared using the co-precipitation method. X-ray diffraction patterns show for all samples a typical rutile-type tetragona...
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Synergetic effect of CdS quantum dots and TiO2 nanofibers for photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation
In this work, we developed a new type of nanostructured photoanodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting. They are based on CdS–TiO2 nanocomposite films, supported on conductive Ti sheets, prepared by an easy...
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Forces on cardiac implantable electronic devices during remote magnetic navigation
Remote magnetic navigation systems are used for catheter navigation in cardiac electrophysiological ablation procedures. In this setting, ferromagnetic particles will be moved by changes in the magnetic field....
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Low Field Microwave Absorption in Nanostructured Ferrite Ceramics Consolidated by Spark Plasma Sintering
The low field microwave absorption (LFMA at 9.5 GHz) properties of clusters of Zn0.5Ni0.5Fe2O4 ferrite nanoparticles (NPs) consolidated by spark plasma sintering (PSP at temperatures in the 350–500 °C range) are ...
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Polyol-synthesized Zn0.9Mn0.1S nanoparticles as potential luminescent and magnetic bimodal imaging probes: synthesis, characterization, and toxicity study
We report here the synthesis, by the polyol method, of Mn-doped ZnS nanocrystals with the zinc blende structure. Phase transfer of the as-produced quantum dots from organic solvent into water was achieved by s...
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Visualization of multiple catheters in left atrial ablation procedures
Visualization of intracardiac catheters placed in predefined anatomic locations is a cornerstone for successful atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. The 3D map** system Carto3™ (Biosense Webster, Diamond Bar, ...
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Separation principle for a sampled bilinear system
This work is a continuation of [2] and [1] in which the authors studied the preservation of the observability and observer under sampling. In this paper, by relaxing some hypotheses, we study the observability an...
